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The United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization has proposed to establish a single platform for unmanned aircraft system owners and operators to register their drones, Reuters reported Saturday. Stephen Creamer, director of ICAO’s

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has collaborated with the National Science Foundation, University of Minnesota and mapping technology company Esri to map the entire Arctic region. The team produced the sixth batch of three-dimensional digital elevation

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has teamed up with MKS Instruments to develop a portable version of a device designed to collect quantum-based measurements of pressure. NIST and MKS will develop

The Treasury Department‘s inspector general for tax administration has urged the Internal Revenue Service‘s cybersecurity center to address gaps in its employee training and incident reporting and response efforts. TIGTA said in a

NASA has facilitated a meeting between spaceflight experts from multiple agencies to address technical challenges associated with the assembly of large structures in space. The space agency said Thursday the technology interchange

Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker, commander of Naval Air Forces, has said the integration of an unmanned aerial refueling tanker with the U.S. carrier air wing could raise the operational range of strike

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has bought a supercomputer system to aid the military branch’s weather prediction activities. Thor is currently installed at the Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts and

The Department of Homeland Security plans to implement a new requirement that seeks to provide federal agencies information on commercial cybersecurity products and services they purchase, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Kevin

The U.S. Army expects to field new mission-command hardware and software platforms for all active, Reserve and National Guard units by 2024. The military branch said Monday it aims to fully deploy an updated

A cyber squadron within the U.S. Air Force‘s Technical Applications Center aims to standardize its enterprise to further support AFTAC’s nuclear treaty monitoring efforts. The Cyber Capabilities Squadron also plans to form a mission defense